Abstract
Architects and laypeople differ when it comes to rating the building designs. The reason for that could be the professional education of architects or the occupational subculture on which architects base their values, norms and beliefs. The purpose of this research is to see do architects, architecture students, laypeople and non-architect whose work requires familiarity with architecture differ in rating of the building designs. Questionnaire was administered to 85 participants out of which 22,1% architects, 32,5% architecture students, 23,4% laypeople and 22,1% non-architects whose work requires familiarity with architecture. The results showed that architects and laypeople differ significantly and that architecture students and non-architects are mostly agreeable with laypeople. It is detected that professional experience of architects leads them to rate the designs more objectively than other with no or minor connection to architecture.